Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child and became one of Britain's leading 20th-century artists alongside Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, has died in London aged 93, his gallery announced on Tuesday.

Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th century, has died at age 93

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th century, died Monday at his London home. He was 93.

Known for his unyielding seven-day-a-week work schedule, he returned again and again to the same models and London street scenes.

Frank Auerbach, the British-German painter who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died aged 93, his representatives have announced. Considered one of the greatest painters of his age, Auerbach died peacefully at his home in London on Monday morning.

Frank Auerbach, who has died aged 93, was an artist of remarkable intensity whose use of thick paint gave his work the quality of sculpture.